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William Smethurst

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Since starting his career as a BBC journalist William has been an award-winning writer of plays for radio, television, the cinema, and the theatre. In his thirties he was a highly successful editor of the BBC’s “The Archers”, and executive producer of serial drama for Central Television. Running his own production company he devised and produced the sci-fi serial drama “Jupiter Moon” which sold to over 20 countries round the world.
He wrote the non-fiction Sunday Times best seller “The Archers - the true story”. His novels include the award-winning satire “Jennifer’s Friends”, and the highly-acclaimed sci-fi time shift trilogy of “Sinai”, “Pasiphae”, and “Woken’s Eye”.

He and his wife Carolynne spend their summers cruising Europe in their boa
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Average rating: 3.51 · 120 ratings · 13 reviews · 19 distinct works
How to Write for Television...

3.50 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 1992 — 7 editions
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Sinai

3.29 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 1996 — 4 editions
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How To Write For Television...

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How to Write for Television

3.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions
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The Archers: The True Story

3.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1996 — 6 editions
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Woken's Eye

3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2000 — 2 editions
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Bukhara Express

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Writing for Television : Ho...

4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2005
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The Archers: the first thir...

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Fifty Years of the 'Archers...

3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2000 — 3 editions
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